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JACK & THE BEAN-SPROUT!

About the Show

Life’s a drag for Jack and his poor mother Widow Neo - the cupboard is bare, there are bills to pay and the loan sharks are circling. With the writing literally on the void-deck walls, they finally resort to selling Ah Kow, their beloved pet cow. But when Jack exchanges their pet for a mere handful of green beans instead of cold hard cash, disaster looms…

That is… until a giant bean-sprout – 20,000 times the size of the kind you fry with salted fish – springs up in their HDB estate! It reaches high up beyond the clouds, to where a man-eating Giant is rumoured to live! With nothing left to lose but everything to gain, Jack climbs up. But what awaits him up there? Treasure? True love? Or the inside of a microwave oven?

W!LD RICE proudly presents JACK & THE BEAN-SPROUT!, a brand new musical-comedy-pantomime about dreams, a mother's love, "taugeh" and the perils of keeping up with the Tans, Dawoods and Sallehs.

Reviews

"W!LD RICE bakes good panto. Jack & the Bean-Sprout! is a sugar buzz of fun, featuring overblown, interactive episodes that kids will love, with heaps of subversive double-entendres for the adults. A rollicking good time! 4 STARS."

The Flying Inkpot

"The slick, natural performances from the talented cast and comic-perfect local humour, make it all rather enjoyable. Sort of what would happen if Phua Chu Kang, in his hilarious heyday, decided to tell Mother Goose stories. Furthermore, the puppet effects designed by Tan Beng Tian and the comic-book-esque set by Tan Ju Meng lend a touch of surreal magic to the proceedings."

SPH The Straits Times LIFE!

"Jack & the Bean-Sprout! lives up to its acclaimed and popular predecessor, Cinderel- LAH!... impresses with a strong cast and laughs aplenty…"

TODAY

Awards

LIFE! Theatre Awards 2007 WINNER

Best Supporting Actress - Celine Rosa Tan

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About W!LD RICE

Founded in 2000 by our Founding Artistic Director, Ivan Heng, W!LD RICE is one of Singapore’s leading professional theatre companies. Our mission is to provide a forum for the shared experience of theatre; celebrating our diversity, reflecting on the problems and possibilities of our times, and presenting productions that inspire, challenge and entertain. W!LD RICE is a not-for-profit Singapore Registered Charity, (Institution of a Public Character No. 000122). It is a recipient of the National Arts Council's Major Grant.